Marc's
{{Short description|Discount drugstore and grocery chain in Ohio, United States}}
{{for multi|the Canadian retailer|Mark's|other uses|Marc (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Marc Glassman Inc.
| logo = Marc's logo.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| image = Marc's Westerville Ohio.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_caption = A Marc's in Westerville, Ohio, as shown in 2019.
| trading_name = Marc's Stores
| type = Private
| industry = Retail
| founded = {{start date and age|1979|}} in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, U.S.
| founder = Marc Glassman
| hq_location_city = Parma, Ohio
| hq_location_country = United States
| num_locations = 61
| area_served = Ohio
| key_people = Marc Glassman (Chairman And Chief Executive Officer)
| products = Bakery, dairy, deli meats, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, produce, snacks, health and beauty products, pet supplies, housewares, books, children's toys, home decor, clothing
| services = {{Ubl|Discount retail|drugstore|grocery}}
| revenue = {{increase}} US$1.03 billion
| revenue_year = 2021
| owner = Marc Glassman
| num_employees = 3,000
| num_employees_year = Jan. 2021
| website = {{url|https://www.marcs.com/}}
}}
Marc's Stores is a discount drugstore-and-grocery chain, with stores in northern and central Ohio.{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-492421_ITM |title=Marc's succeeds on its terms |date=April 26, 1999 |work=Chain Drug Review |access-date=August 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924190040/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-492421_ITM |archive-date=September 24, 2009 }} It is owned by Clevelander Marc Glassman. Marc's has over 60 stores in the Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Youngstown, and Columbus areas.
History
Bernie Shulman opened his first mega-discount drug store in Mayfield Heights, Ohio in 1969. In 1979 one of Shulman's managers, Marc Glassman, opened his own store, Marc's, in Middleburg Heights in the Southland Shopping Center in Middleburg Heights.{{cite web| title=Unorthodox approach pays big dividends for Marc's| url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15417119.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081025/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15417119.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=December 1, 2017| date=April 24, 1994| access-date=November 20, 2017}} That first store was badly damaged in a fire in October 1980 that started in, and destroyed, the adjacent J.C. Penney department store. Marc's closed for several months, eventually reopening in a larger space at the same site.
Following the success of the Middleburg Heights store, Glassman built additional Marc's stores. In 1983, he purchased Shulman's store. Glassman continued to build stores in Greater Cleveland. Glassman's western stores were named Marc's, while those to the east were named Bernie Shulman's, to honor Shulman, who died in 1976, and because of brand recognition.
As the Marc's stores expanded south to Solon and Akron, the recognition of the Marc's name grew. Glassman decided to retire the Bernie Shulman's name for new stores, using the Marc's name for grand openings, including stores east of Cleveland. The first of the Marc's "superstores" opened in Garfield Heights on June 30, 1992.{{cite news| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3374/is_n14_v14/ai_12510139/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060507111305/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3374/is_n14_v14/ai_12510139| url-status=dead| archive-date=May 7, 2006| work=Drug Store News| title=Glassman's empire adds its 'jewel in the crown'| year=1992}} By year's end, all Bernie Shulman's stores were rebranded.
On August 8, 2018, a Marc's store opened in Kettering, a suburb of Dayton in southwestern Ohio, in a former Kroger site.{{cite news|last=Driscoll|first=Kara|title=New grocery store coming to Kettering|url=http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/new-grocery-store-coming-kettering/rjdY7Ylz2C6AyNBDO3HjCO/|access-date=January 1, 2018|newspaper=Dayton Daily News|date=December 1, 2017}}{{cite news|last=Shively|first=Holly|title=New Kettering grocery store opens today: Here's what you can get free, cheap|url=https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/new-kettering-grocery-store-opens-wednesday-here-what-you-can-get-free-cheap/e9blpSqrPEFMpdWesDvdhI/|access-date=September 21, 2018|newspaper=Dayton Daily News|date=August 8, 2018}} This store is scheduled to close on February 5, 2023, due to the ending of its lease.{{cite news | last = Jones | first = Natalie | title = Kettering grocery store to close next month | url = https://www.daytondailynews.com/what-to-know/marcs-to-close-next-month-in-kettering/NKKOPRIFHJEHHIU4S2VYAGVYP4/ | access-date = January 6, 2023 | newspaper = Dayton Daily News | date = January 5, 2023 | url-access = subscription | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230107013357/https://www.daytondailynews.com/what-to-know/marcs-to-close-next-month-in-kettering/NKKOPRIFHJEHHIU4S2VYAGVYP4/ | archive-date = January 7, 2023 }}
In March 2020, Glassman opened a 54,000-square-foot store at 3112 Cleveland Ave. NW in Canton to replace the store that had been in the 30th Street Plaza since the late 1980s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/business/20200304/newest-marcrsquos-store-offers-updated-design-spacious-feel|title=Newest Marc's store offers updated design, spacious feel|last=Pritchard|first=Edd|website=Akron Beacon Journal|language=en|date=March 4, 2020|access-date=March 5, 2020}}
Media
The company is rarely discussed in the media. Employees are prohibited from giving interviews, and Glassman does not speak to reporters.{{cite web| url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19621180.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105211655/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19621180.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=November 5, 2012| title=Marc's drives its business with everyday low pricing| date=April 28, 1997| work=Chain Drug Review| access-date=August 7, 2009}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.marcs.com/ Official site]
- [http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/99/99377.html Marc Glassman, Inc. profile]
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